Why I’m not as excited about The Gardens at Midvalley
VS 
When I knew that the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur was open, I was there on the first day to ogle at the new gigantic mall in the middle of the shopping district of KL.
The Gardens opened their doors to the public on 26 September 2007 and I don’t even have a post to show what it looks like.
I was quite puzzled at my reaction to it and thought to pen my thoughts here:
- Pavilion was a new concept store and a new building. The Gardens are Phase 2 of Midvalley Megamall. Being very familiar with the existing mall, I felt quite tired of the place, even if Phase 2 is spanking new.
- The Gardens have touted Robinsons and Isetan as their department stores but I don’t know what other stores to expect from them. There have been no advertisements or “Coming Soon” signs anywhere on the unfinished building that could tell me what other stores I might expect. I suppose there was therefore no anticipation.
- Pavilion had lots of hoarding with the names and advertisements of their upcoming stores so it was interesting to see what they might have to offer.
- The existing parking and traffic system at Midvalley sucks big time. These days, during lunch time, its virtually impossible to get near the mall due to the traffic. Parking is also a huge problem. Bukit Bintang isn’t exactly a wonderful place either, but I suppose I knew less of what to expect.
- Because I work near the Midvalley area, I go there quite often and the massive construction and traffic around there plus severe lack of parking spaces puts me off. That was where The Gardens really lost out.
All said, since I work quite near the Midvalley area, at some point I would pop by the Gardens and when I do, I’ll write about it here. Better late than never eh?
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My guess is Midvalley is changing from a every person shopping complex into a high end rich class bragging-equipment store. Out of every 100,000 person maybe just one could have afford that 8000 ringgit handbag.
PB says: Well, I suppose there’s Phase 1 for that every person feel to it!
Aiyoh … I on the other hand work very far from Mid Valley ..
Was hoping someone would blog about The Gardens and take some nice pics of what they have to offer!! Was hoping to link to you!!
Pls drop us a note when you do get to do The GARDENS review on your site!!
anticipatingly
sns
PB says: LOL I’ll try to get some soon.
Hear hear for the traffic problem! Whenever I think of MidValley area I get really put off by the thought of the traffic there. It’s also the reason why I turn downed two job offers from co’s in that area.
PB says: Isn’t it awful? The only time its possible to get decent parking is early in the day. Too bad really, its a nice mall to be in
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i used to avoid mivalley like plague but eversince i took over driving my son to kindie, i kinda get the hang of the place - traffic, parking & all. the opening of pavillion created a bit of headache but seems a bit better now. will try to check the phase 2 out next week (now school hols, no reason to go there, LOL)
The Gardens pretty much has the same stuff as Pavillion, but Pavillion has more. They’re all equally overpriced though, IMHO. RM1290 for a pair of jeans at Tangs v.s. RM1690 for a jacket at Robinsons. Do the math
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